What to watch on TV on Christmas Day
Christmas Day is a time for celebrating with family and friends, but should you find yourself gathered round the old tube, there’s plenty to watch on Dec. 25. From Christmas...
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View ArticleDish Network, T-Mobile in merger talks: report
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View ArticleDirecTV ups its lawsuit against Al Jazeera America by $46M
DirecTV is upping the heat by $46 million in its lawsuit against Qatar-backed Al Jazeera America, according to a report. A June 11 court filing previously under seal reveals that...
View ArticleCable firms fear cost hikes as AT&T and DirecTV plan merger
The Feds are expected to rule on the latest telecom distribution mega-merger in the next few days, but not before rivals do some last-minute cage rattling. Phone giant AT&T and...
View ArticleBar owners fight DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket deal
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View ArticleAT&T exec: Ma Bell has moved way beyond phones
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View ArticleIs Time Warner going up for sale?
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View ArticleDirecTV plotted to keep Dodgers off local cable stations, feds say
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View ArticleDirecTV Now is a total disaster
2016 was quite the year for flops: “Gods of Egypt.” “Collateral Beauty.” “DirecTV Now.” Launched with huge fanfare by parent company AT&T on Nov. 30, the new “over the top” service (which...
View ArticleAT&T’s DirecTV subscriptions prove Wall Street was wrong
DirecTV Now has picked up 200,000 subscribers since its late November launch, it said on Friday — about half what some Wall Street analysts had predicted. The new service from the AT&T unit carried...
View ArticleEx-AT&T exec: I was scapegoated in DirecTV merger
AT&T’s former president of content and advertising sales sued the telecom giant on Tuesday, claiming he was scapegoated to grease the wheels on the company’s $48.5 billion takeover of DirecTV....
View ArticleAT&T juggles traditional losses with streaming gains as proposed merger looms
Phone giant AT&T on Wednesday said it signed up more than 200,000 new DirecTV Now streaming video subscribers through Dec. 31 — but posted a net decline in traditional pay-TV subs in the fourth...
View ArticleViacom CEO needs to get the ball rolling — now
Newish Viacom Chief Executive Bob Bakish is busy trying to cook up a winning recipe for the media giant’s ailing cable networks. The 53-year-old CEO shouldn’t waste time — and his recipe better produce...
View ArticleShy bladder group takes aim at Rob Lowe’s DirecTV ad
Shy bladder sufferers want DirecTV to stop airing a television ad where a “painfully awkward” actor Rob Lowe says that he can’t urinate in public. The satellite TV company suggests its critics should...
View ArticleWhat to watch on TV on Christmas Day
Christmas Day is a time for celebrating with family and friends, but should you find yourself gathered round the old tube, there’s plenty to watch on Dec. 25. From Christmas specials of British series...
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